Right-click on the Taskbar again and select Taskbar Settings this time. I have selected Show search icon, which shows a small icon instead of the full search bar. If it is hidden, that's why the search bar is missing in your Windows 10 computer. Right-click on the Taskbar and under Search, make sure Show search box is selected. Let's go through the Taskbar settings once to make sure everything is set up correctly. You can launch the Action Center with the Windows key+A keyboard shortcut. Disable Tablet Modeĭo you have Tablet Mode enabled on your screen? That will remove the Windows search bar to save screen estate to make way for everything else in tablet mode. You don't need the Windows search bar in the Taskbar anymore. Pressing Windows key+S will launch the search window with frequently used apps, last used files, and some neat shortcuts in place. It can be an issue if you have too many app icons and shortcuts next to it. The search bar takes up a lot of space in the Taskbar, and some people don't like it. That's why we will explore both the situations and figure out which of the suggested solutions work for you. In either case, it's a chore to search anything without the search bar clearly visible to you. Either the search bar is not active or there is an error. Apparently, the Windows search bar is missing for some users on their computers. You had to open the Start menu to begin searching. One little feature was the search bar that was not available in previous versions. Windows 10 came with a lot of tweaks under the hood.

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